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Bush-Richards, Angela; Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2008
This report provides a brief literature review describing a variety of best practices in middle school education.
Descriptors: Best Practices, Middle Schools, Educational Quality, Secondary School Curriculum
Kneidek, Tony – Northwest Education, 1996
Explores current issues in preschool and primary education. Discusses U.S. fourth graders' low scores on the 1994 National Assessment for Educational Progress, skills needed in the 21st century, guiding principles on developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children, anti bias curriculum to address student diversity, comprehensive family…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Diversity (Student)
Isenberg, Joan P., Ed.; Jalongo, Mary Renck, Ed. – 1997
Noting that understanding the contexts, continuities, and controversies of early childhood education is a particularly challenging task because of the diversity of the field, this book provides a critical examination of the issues and controversies surrounding early childhood practices, policies, and professional development. The book's chapters…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Diversity (Student)
Johnson, James E.; Christie, James F.; Yawkey, Thomas D. – 1999
The purpose of this book is to combine theory and research knowledge on a number of relevant topics in the literature on children's play and to draw out implications for practical application in early childhood education. The role of the adult in children's play is a major theme of the text and is informed by developmentally appropriate practice.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Isenberg, Joan Packer, Ed.; Jalongo, Mary Renck, Ed. – 2003
Noting that understanding the contexts, continuities, and controversies of early childhood education is especially challenging because of the diversity in the field, this book provides a critical examination of the issues and controversies surrounding early childhood practices, policies, and professional development. Following an introduction…
Descriptors: Child Care, Developmental Continuity, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Diversity (Student)